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my dd says nobody loves her.

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Rochel4 · 19/01/2010 00:23

this evening my dd 5yrs burst into tears crying that nobody loves her, kids at school call her ugly and small and that nobody wants to play with her. All this was after she made a huge fuss about going to a ballet class that she didnt end up going.
Any ideas on how to resolve this as she is obviously feeling really down and doesnt want to go to school every morning. Also how to build up her self confidence being that she is very pretty and a lovely, sociable girl.

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KEAWYED · 19/01/2010 21:09

How sad for your DD.

Didnt want to leave it unanswered

Have you had a word with the school?

My DS1 used to say no one played with him which made my stomach turn but turned out untrue.

Is there a teacher at school she doesnt like.

Sorry no help but want to bump it for you

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Rochel4 · 20/01/2010 00:35

Thanks, spoke to the teacher, who she doesnt really like actually...its more a question of building her up to be socially confident and self confident.

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KEAWYED · 20/01/2010 08:58

My DS1 is the youngest in his class and always on the outskirts of groups of friends.

We tried him with football etc but to no avail.

Then we tried him at trampolining and he really enjoyed it and that built his confidence he now has lots of friends and is a popular little boy.

Could you ask a friend to come round for dinner or take them out to a playcentre to let her know shes got friends.

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Rochel4 · 20/01/2010 22:50

Thanks for answering KEA. We did that recently, and that very friend is the one that doesn't want to play with her anymore. i think girls can be very fickle. DD goes to ballet, but strangely enough she didnt want to go this week.
I think we will keep building up her self confidence and wait and see..

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KEAWYED · 21/01/2010 10:40

It is horrible but give it time.

When my DS1 was in the latter part of year 1 there seemed to be a shift in him and he really came into his own.

My friends got an 8 year old and she said she had the same problem. There was a queen bee in the playground and what she said was gospel.

That was a year or 2 ago now she plays with who makes her happy.

It's horrible but children can be so cruel to each other one minute then fine the next.

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